U.S. ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
INTEGRATION INTO STATEPlacing Arms Control and Nonproliferation
at the Heart of American Foreign Policy

The President's FY2000 budget is the first to integrate the activities and budget
of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency into the State Department. The integration
will combine ACDA's unique negotiating, verification, and technical expertise with State's
diplomatic and regional experience to strengthen America's arms control and
non-proliferation initiatives.

ACDA-State integration, which was announced by the President and Vice President on April 18,
1997, was passed with bipartisan support. The new Under Secretary of State for Arms Control
and International Security Affairs will have oversight over three bureaus: Arms Control,
Nonproliferation, and Political Military Affairs. The Administration will continue to
work closely with Congress on implementation, scheduled for April 1, 1999.

The President's FY2000 budget provides full funding for ACDA in this Arms Control,
Nonproliferation, and Political-Military mission. ACDA's FY1999 appropriation of $41.5 million
will be used only for its originally intended purposes by ACDA and -- after April 1 -- the State
Department. These ACDA-State initiatives will make our citizens more secure by eliminating
weapons of mass destruction and keeping them out of the hands of terrorists and rogue nations.

$20 million requested in FY2000 in the NADR account to deploy the 321-station
International Monitoring System to detect and deter nuclear testing worldwide. Dozens
of IMS stations detected the Indian and Pakistani tests last spring.

Banning Chemical Weapons

Enabling U.S. compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention, including working with
the OPCW and with America's chemical industry;

$5 million requested in FY2000 for a chemical facility to analyze chemical samples.

Reducing Strategic Nuclear Arms

Implementing START II after ratification by the Russian Duma;

Negotiating a START III agreement to reduce the Cold War arsenals by 80%;

Ensuring and monitoring Russian START compliance, putting the U.S. and Russia two
years ahead of schedule in dismantling their nuclear weapons;

Seeking ratification of the START II protocol and the ABM agreements;

Negotiating a ban on production of fissile material for use in nuclear weapons through
a Fissile Materials Cut-Off Agreement negotiated by the Conference on Disarmament.